The news of the first squadron's successful recovery of Xianxian County soon spread to the headquarters of the armed engineering team.

After Wu Feng read the telegram, he said to Liu Hong excitedly: "The first squadron has successfully recovered Xian County, and the Japanese puppet army in the city has been wiped out. ”

"Good!" Liu Hong said happily: "After taking Xianxian County, our battle goal has been achieved, and after this night's battle, we have successively annihilated seven or eight hundred little devils and more than a thousand puppet troops in the surrounding strongholds and the county town, and the results are quite satisfactory." ”

Wu Feng smiled and said: "The captain's move is really beautiful, and he easily won Xianxian County." And by the way, so many Japanese puppet troops were annihilated, but the only pity was that these Japanese puppet troops came lightly to reinforce, so the captured booty was not too much. ”

Liu Hong smiled and said, "Just put your heart in your stomach!" Loot is absolutely indispensable. Although only some weapons and ammunition were seized on the Hejian side, it was different on the Xian County side, although it was only a small county town, but after all, it was a county seat, and there were many good things in it! Many of them are our most scarce materials, so we can't afford to lose this battle. ”

When Wu Feng heard this, he reacted, nodded with a smile and said, "That's right! I almost forgot about this stubble, the big head is in Xian County! Then I'm relieved. ”

Liu Hong raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, frowned and said, "It's not too early now, order all troops to start retreating!" ”

Wu Feng frowned and said: "At present, the reinforcements of other devils have not yet arrived, if we retreat now, and the little devils suddenly rush to pursue, I'm afraid it's a little bad!" ”

"Forgive them for not having the guts! If they really dare to chase after them, our Eighth Route Army is not vegetarian, and when the time comes, we will destroy them, and Lao Tzu is afraid that there are not enough devils to kill. Liu Hong said with a sneer.

Wu Feng nodded and said, "Okay then!" ”

Liu Hong thought for a while, pointed to the map and said: "In the surrounding area of Hejian, the people brought by Secretary Lin and the new barracks in the east are all assembled in the southeast direction, and then directly withdraw to the base area of Gaoguantun. The recruit battalion is responsible for the break. ”

"Remember, inform Xu Zecheng and let them protect the safety of the people." Liu Hong hurriedly added in the end.

The troops currently gathered around Hejian City are not the real Eighth Route Army at all, except for the county brigade and the district squads, there are some militia and young men recruited from the village, these people put on the clothes of the Eighth Route Army, deliberately disguised as the Eighth Route Army to bluff.

Wu Feng nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Captain, in addition to our recruit camp, there are also comrades from the county brigade and the district teams, which are enough to protect the safety of the people." The only thing to worry about is that the little devils who came to support from the direction of Cangzhou will pursue. ”

Liu Hong frowned and thought for a while and said: "This little devil is too slow, there is still a distance from the river, as long as we move quickly, they may not be able to catch up with us, not to mention that the new barracks and the county brigade are responsible for breaking off, it is enough." ”

"Good!" Wu Feng nodded and said, "I immediately ordered them to go down and let them retreat as soon as possible." He ordered a communications soldier to deliver the order.

Then Liu Hong pointed to the map and said: "Inform Commander Zhang that they will gather from the north to the southwest, and after meeting the third squadron of our martial arts team, they will retreat in the direction of Xian County. ”

"Yes!" Wu Feng hurriedly responded.

Liu Hong continued: "The second squadron withdrew directly to the direction of Xianxian County, rushed to Xianxian County as quickly as possible, assisted the first squadron, stationed in the county seat, and prevented the devils from counterattacking. ”

"Yes!" Wu Feng answered again, turned around and ordered someone to convey the order.

After Wu Feng finished his order, he turned to Liu Hong and said, "Captain, our headquarters must also evacuate as soon as possible." ”

"Hmm!" Liu Hong nodded and said: "But it's not in a hurry, let the soldiers prepare in advance, and when the troops are almost evacuated, we will retreat and retreat directly to Xianxian." ”

"Good! I'm going to get people ready. Wu Feng hurriedly said.

In accordance with Liu Hong's order, the troops began to retreat in an orderly manner. It is worth mentioning that after teaching the 11th Regiment to make peace with the 3rd Squadron, it happened to meet the little devils of Raoyang City who came from the southwest, and the Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to take the initiative to attack.

The strength of this little devil in Raoyang City is not too much, only more than three hundred little devils and a group of puppet troops, under the joint attack of the 11th Regiment and the Third Squadron, they were quickly defeated, and most of them were annihilated by the Eighth Route Army.

After the battle, the sky gradually brightened, and after teaching the 11th Regiment and the 3rd Squadron to clean up the battlefield briefly, they immediately withdrew to Xianxian County according to the original plan.

Yesterday, when the Eighth Route Army besieged Hejian, the little devils in Jiaohe County were also ordered to support Hejian, but halfway through, they heard that Xian County was lost, so they were ordered to rush to Xian County, but after this little devil arrived, Xian County had already been occupied by the Eighth Route Army.

The little devil did not dare to attack rashly, so he could only stop in the area north of Xianxian County, build fortifications on the spot, and wait for orders.

Zhao Lei led the first squadron, although he defeated the county seat, but there were not many enemies in the county town at all, and he didn't think it was enjoyable enough, so this group of enemies was sent to the door, so Zhao Lei immediately ordered the troops, ready to fight, and planned to kill this group of little devils first.

After receiving the order to retreat, the second squadron retreated all the way south and went straight to Xian County, after learning the news, Bai Ling led the troops non-stop, directly from the south of the city to the north of the city, at the same time the first squadron gathered the main force to kill from the city.

The two Eighth Route Armies joined forces and launched a fierce attack on the little devils, and this little devil did not have many troops, only more than 200 little devils and more than 300 puppet troops. As soon as the battle began, the puppet army bombed the camp first, and fled directly, leaving only the little devils, where was the opponent of the Eighth Route Army, after a fierce battle, the devils lost everything, and only thirty or forty people remained, and they fled back to Jiaohe in embarrassment.

At this time, Liu Hong was on the way to Xianxian with the headquarters of the armed engineering team, Wu Feng hurriedly chased after him with a telegram, and said breathlessly: "The Jinchaji Headquarters has just sent an urgent telegram, and there is an important combat mission. ”

"What?" Liu Hong raised his eyebrows, hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the telegram, and carefully glanced at the content of the telegram, Liu Hong said overjoyed: "This is really good, we have been looking forward to it for so long, and we have finally looked forward to this day." ”

(End of chapter)